RTL announced that the launch of a total of seven fresh episodes will start on April 6th 2017.

The RTL action series broke through the 300-series mark in autumn 2016. After more than 20 years, Erdogan Atalay and his new partner Daniel Roesner still have a lot of spectators in front of the TV. During the long term, more than 5,000 vehicles were scraped and over 1000 gangster arrested. Approximately 400 tires are worn for tests and turns per season and about 30 tonnes of steel are used for special constructions. The action series is also a success internationally and broadcasted for example in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Turkey, Poland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Russia, China, Japan and South Korea.

The series is produced by Action Concept. The filming takes place in and around Cologne. In March 1996 RTL showed the first series of highway investigators.